The Siri ads took themselves too seriously. The smugness was palpable. The featured actors in the commercials all came across like they fully expected these ads to be considered the coolest thing on the planet.

Fark Me To Tears:The Siri ads took themselves too seriously. The smugness was palpable. The featured actors in the commercials all came across like they fully expected these ads to be considered the coolest thing on the planet.

Personally, I like the Jack-in-the-Box commercials where they're trying to get a Siri-like product to work right.

Mayhap, but no matter how cute a concept is, when it's accompanied by a 10 second monotone eeeeeeeee, sound, the channel's getting turned, the commercial fast-forwarded, or the sound muted. Hell, the most annoying sound in the world bit on dumb and dumber was half as long.

Worst new ad is the one where he's amazed...AMAZED...that a phone can both have a bigger screen AND be thinner. Apparently Apple really does think their customers are rubes. Oh, and the "thumb" commercial where they pretend the awkward dimensions are a feature. Interestingly, I've yet to see one that actually shows of any true feature of the device.

Mayhap, but no matter how cute a concept is, when it's accompanied by a 10 second monotone eeeeeeeee, sound, the channel's getting turned, the commercial fast-forwarded, or the sound muted. Hell, the most annoying sound in the world bit on dumb and dumber was half as long.

neilio42:Yeah... the "thumb" commercial is really annoying. The small-ass screen is a selling point?????

The fact that everyone has different sized hands pretty much betrays the fact that someone in advertising pulled that "feature" out of their ass. They are clearly struggling to find highlight-worthy features.

SacriliciousBeerSwiller:neilio42: Yeah... the "thumb" commercial is really annoying. The small-ass screen is a selling point?????

The fact that everyone has different sized hands pretty much betrays the fact that someone in advertising pulled that "feature" out of their ass. They are clearly struggling to find highlight-worthy features.

yeah i can't replicate the movements they show with the way my hands are shape....

Fark Me To Tears:The Siri ads took themselves too seriously. The smugness was palpable. The featured actors in the commercials all came across like they fully expected these ads to be considered the coolest thing on the planet.

Except the Scorsese one. Him barking at it like it's just another poor, frazzled assistant always made me chuckle.

All an Android manufacture has to do to take the piss out of Apple is do an ad in real time comparing Google Now to Siri or any other Apple feature. Apple speeds up their ads a lot to make the phone seem snappier

tlchwi02:SacriliciousBeerSwiller: neilio42: Yeah... the "thumb" commercial is really annoying. The small-ass screen is a selling point?????

The fact that everyone has different sized hands pretty much betrays the fact that someone in advertising pulled that "feature" out of their ass. They are clearly struggling to find highlight-worthy features.

yeah i can't replicate the movements they show with the way my hands are shape....

gund goat:I'm personally a fan of the new "earpod" commercials. Your selling point is you fixed the design error everyone else figured out ten years ago?

Apple: "We haven't put any real amazing groundbreaking tech into any of our iPhones in a few years, we've just been playing catch-up. But, hey, here are some new earphones to distract you from the fact that our new phone is basically as innovative as putting hot-sauce on scrambled eggs."

Flint Ironstag:/The Panorama feature looks cool. That's not standard on my HTC, but it is available as an app.

One of the two iHumpers will be in here shortly to tell you that it was available as an app on the older iPhones. My Galaxy Nexus has had it since I bought it. Hell, my original Droid X had that feature as well, but not as slick as the one on the Nexus.

One thing I'm extremely happy about is the fact that Verizon finally allowed Google to bring 4.1 onto the Nexus. I had been rooted for a while and running a couple of different JB roms, but when I found out that the update finally came out, I un-rooted my phone and went to the stock JB rom. While there are some nice features on the two roms I ran, the solid Google build of JB is really, really good and the stability is rock-soild.

The only drawback is that G-wallet isn't supported on the VZW Nexus. I guess I have to start taking my card out of my wallet again to pay for gas and beer.

geek_mars:dickfreckle: I say I say! Who say I say! Frankie say I say at Frankie and Johnny's Furniture 50 dollars down puts you in a living room set or bedroom set today! With NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO problems.

/see the Special Man//he knew how to run an ad, for like, $14///the younger Special Man sucks

/obscure to all but the 20 or 30 local Farkers//I'm on welfare and have no money down

"Let 'em have it"

/formerly local

Ha! But really, even though everyone mocks that commercial, one thing remains true: EVERYONE knows Frankie and Johnnies. Sort of how we all know "Head-On." So given the $14 those commercials cost, I'd say that's one hell of an ROI.

Flint Ironstag: /The Panorama feature looks cool. That's not standard on my HTC, but it is available as an app.

One of the two iHumpers will be in here shortly to tell you that it was available as an app on the older iPhones. My Galaxy Nexus has had it since I bought it. Hell, my original Droid X had that feature as well, but not as slick as the one on the Nexus.

I actually found that my HTC does have Panorama as standard, it is a feature that ICS introduced. I'd just never noticed it!

Flint Ironstag: /The Panorama feature looks cool. That's not standard on my HTC, but it is available as an app.

One of the two iHumpers will be in here shortly to tell you that it was available as an app on the older iPhones. My Galaxy Nexus has had it since I bought it. Hell, my original Droid X had that feature as well, but not as slick as the one on the Nexus.

I actually found that my HTC does have Panorama as standard, it is a feature that ICS introduced. I'd just never noticed it!